The infantry platoon that feinted withdrew, under the cover of mortar fire from the reserve battalion, withdrew to its position, nine people were killed in the tentative attack, three others were wounded, the infantry squad of the main attack suffered half of the troops, a assault rifle group was all killed in front of the Japanese position, and the infantry platoon of a company initially tested the Japanese defense at the cost of almost one squad of casualties.

The remaining 30 people of the platoon returned to the position along the same road, Zhang Wei quickly picked them up, and the three wounded soldiers were dragged back to the position by their comrades, two of them were not injured, and the most seriously injured were carried to the position by two soldiers, and the soldiers in the trench immediately surrounded them.

Zhang Wei leaned over to see that the chest of the seriously wounded soldier was already full of blood, the bullet had entered the chest, the badge on the military uniform was also broken, his face was pale, and he fell to the ground with only faint breathing.

"Let's see, how's it going!"

"I guess it's enough to choke, I was shot in the chest when I charged, and I was bitten by three or eight shots when I withdrew." The sergeant next to the wounded soldier was checking the soldier's injuries as he spoke, and several people around him were also assisting him, tearing open the military uniform at the wound, and behind them, it was platoon leader Liu and Qiu Wei, who was panting, and several people collapsed in the trench.

Zhang Wei took off the steel helmet and hat of the wounded soldier to reduce the pressure on the soldier's head, the sergeant who was examining the wounded soldier seemed to be the squad leader of the wounded soldier, the sergeant tore off the bloody military uniform of the wounded soldier, and cut the coarse cotton uniform with the flesh and blood with a bayonet, the chest exposed by the wounded soldier was only faintly trembling, and the Japanese bullet bit a hole in the chest, and he was also shot in the back, and blood gushed out of the wound.

Zhang Wei looked at the wounded soldier again, his face was expressionless, his face was pale, Zhang Wei reached out and touched it, there was no snort, the sergeant also stopped moving, and shook his head at Zhang Wei with a sad face.

"Sir, the man is finished."

"Alright, let's carry it down, report the list, and send those lightly wounded soldiers to the back." Zhang Wei sat in the trench and said in a deep voice. There was silence all around, and everyone had just witnessed the death of a soldier, and they all looked at the body silently.

"Don't nest here, disperse, beat up the group of dogs on the other side for a while, and avenge the fallen brothers!" The cheapest thing on the battlefield is human life, and Zhang Wei, who has seen too much death, will naturally not be affected too much, so he will let the surrounding soldiers return to their combat positions and send the corpses and wounded soldiers down.

Zhang Wei asked for a kettle from the herald and threw it to Qiu Wei, who was panting against the trench, from his performance, Zhang Wei could also imagine the fierceness of the battle just now, Qiu Wei poured water into his mouth, and threw the kettle to Platoon Commander Liu who was not far away.

"Battalion commander, this position is not easy to gnaw."

"I also saw it in the back just now, there are many forts, the fire is very fierce, you tell me the specific situation."

Qiu Wei's face tightened: "Launched an assault with a squad and attacked more than 100 meters in front of the devil's position, not rushing far, the Japanese firepower was also fierce, the number of light and heavy machine guns was obviously strengthened, and there were grenadiers in the foxhole." The position was completely different from before, on the basis of the original trenches was built a fortress and a large number of foxholes, the fortress should have been built of large logs, very strong, there were sandbags around it, it was useless to hit the grenadiers, there was more than one firing port on the fortress, there were at least two or three light and heavy machine guns in it, which constituted crossfire in front of the position, there were no dead ends, and all the fortresses were reinforced with sandbags and mud near the fort. ”

"The fortress is made of logs?"

"Yes, it's very strong, there are logs and sandbags, a few of them are made semi-hidden with floating soil, there are not many exposed parts, and there may be demolished beams to reinforce, and it is useless to smash the 82 mortar."

"I'm afraid the devils built fortifications while their infantry were attacking us, and when their infantry retreated, there were just a complete and solid fortifications available, which is really good." Zhang Wei scolded.

"Battalion commander, what's going on?"

Qiu Wei looked at Zhang Wei, the order to attack had already been given from above, no matter what, it was to be fought, the Japanese fortifications were strong, and if they rushed up, they would definitely suffer heavy casualties and not necessarily be able to defeat them, if they didn't fight, the orders from above would be placed there, and if they didn't attack, they would disobey the order and delay the fighters.

Zhang Wei did not reply, and through Qiu Wei's description and his own observations, he could roughly determine that the Japanese defense was based on fortresses and semi-hidden bunkers, supplemented by foxholes and trenches, forming a relatively solid defensive position, and a considerable number of light and heavy machine guns were installed in the forts.

Each fortress has at least two or more firing ports, the firepower is flexible, the Japanese troops in the foxhole are mainly riflemen, with a small number of light machine guns, and a considerable number of grenadiers, this is only the firepower of the Japanese position, if Zhang Wei's estimate is correct, there are infantry guns behind the position, and the Japanese defenders can also apply for joint artillery cover.

As long as the infantry of the national army rushed forward, they would be attacked by rifles, a large number of machine guns, grenadiers, and possibly infantry guns and mountain artillery, a network of direct and side-fire crossfire, and a combination of explosives and machine gun fire.

If the infantry of the national army attacks a certain fortress, the surrounding fortresses and foxholes will concentrate their firepower and launch a multi-directional attack on the attacking national infantry.

In the previous attack, the preparatory battalion also broke through the Japanese army's fortified position, which was solved little by little by Li Changgui's platoon of the second company, but those forts, both in quantity and quality, were not as good as those in front of them, not to mention that Zhang Wei and they still had tanks to strengthen at that time, and the Japanese army's defensive strength and firepower were not comparable to the enemy in front of them.

Didn't Zhang Wei have a way to take down the Japanese position? Of course.

Although the Japanese bunkers and fortresses were strong, they were far from impregnable, after all, the materials used to build the forts were logs, sandbags, floating earth, and beams and various reinforcing materials for sappers, rather than permanent and semi-permanent fortifications made of stone and concrete.

Can Zhang Wei defeat the Japanese position? Extremely difficult, of course.

To deal with this kind of position, the premise is that the infantry detachment has enough firepower, when you rush up to attack the fortress, the first thing to attack you around is the Japanese army in the foxhole, and then the machine gun in the fortress, the role of the foxhole is to provide cover for the fortress, if you want to take it down, you must first suppress and solve these foxholes, after that, the main force of the concentrated attacking infantry detachment and the various firepower attached to attack these fortresses, this can capture this position.

If it is replaced by the armies of the Western powers, even if it is the equipment level of the Japanese army, Zhang Wei can launch an attack, but what is the preparation battalion and the two friendly infantry battalions on the side? Two eighty-two mortars, a dozen water-cooled heavy machine guns with limited mobility, six grenadiers and dozens of light machine guns, all that was left were hundreds of bolt-action rifles, and there were no direct-fire guns at hand.

The grenadiers and the curved 82 mortars did not kill the Japanese pillboxes at all, at most they could deal with the infantry in the foxholes, and only two mortars could not suppress the Japanese troops in the foxholes on a large scale.

In addition to the simple infantry weapons, Zhang Wei's most powerful weapon was flesh and blood.

"You can't fight now!"